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  1. tony&rodney
    Lee to IL means Gasper is a Twin (most likely). Where he plays is a question since the Twins are stuffed at the DH position (Buck, Carlos, and Wallner from time to time along with the other fitted there: France, Miranda, Julien, Larnach, Martin, Castro, and Gasper). Rocco has his work cut out for himself.
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    Good one Nick. I had commented recently in a Lewis or Lee thread that I couldn't even believe people were questioning the knowledge and expertise of sports training staff. I half expected an article spoofing those criticisms. Too bad you have to identify this post as humor. It is timely and provided a good chuckle.
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    My answer is convoluted, but I will respond. The Twins won't play Martin in the infield and have never shown a sliver of respect for Keirsey Jr. Under that dark cloud, Martin gets the outfield position. There will be a few times where Martin pinch runs for someone and he has the ability to score from second base on a base hit, which can win a game. The other choice is easy for me. Julien is a terrible fielder, but his ability to turn a ground ball into an out actually far surpasses Gasper in the infield. Gasper looks way better because he just shuffles around, but he doesn't really move much. The Twins may keep Gasper though because he was one of their big offseason pickups. The Falvey era has greatly disappointed me in so many ways. I have read many comments lauding the front office and watched as the team struggles with their player choices and style of baseball. The current situation at second base is just one poster as was Larnach stopping at second base yesterday on a two out slow ground ball single into right field. At this point, I'm not even interested in any ideas, debates, or perspectives on this front office. What we see at second base is representative of their plan.
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    This made me laugh out loud. Perfect encapsulation of how some, maybe many, Twins Daily readers/commenters feel about Martin and Julien. Yet, it is an easy call for Baldelli if the Twins are trying to win games. I would guess the decision has already been made.
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    The Twins made so much money off of Joe Mauer that it makes any discussion of his contract superfluous. Mauer was the best bargain of the Pohlad era from a financial point of view.
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    Well, giveaways are the definition of lame in the first place. I mean a roomful of bobbleheads may impress the guys but it looks a little silly. Keep life simple.
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    Are you suggesting the Twins are rudderless?
  8. tony&rodney
    Eddie needs to work on the bat angle. He has been ok thus far in ST, but his opportunity is attached to line drives.
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    Larnach practicing poor baserunning in ST. Yikes.
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    Call the Julien gives me heartburn hotline or text/call/write to RpT (President of the society) for information on the heeling process. He is not doing so well but may provide help. Your mental health and close personal friends will be relieved when you take the proper action.
  11. tony&rodney
    The idea of Mickey making the 26 person roster makes me gasp. Er, you know what I mean.
  12. tony&rodney
    The Twins have Lewis up until his year 30 season or 3 more after this year. There will not be cause to commit for more than a year to year salary for Royce. In the meantime one can hope Royce finds a level of competence as a corner infielder and can become a good bat for the #5 or #6 slot in a lineup.
  13. tony&rodney
    Brooks Lee is not indispensable or essential to the Twins. Carlos Correa is the key. While it is preferable by me and many others for Brooks Lee to be available to play successfully for the Twins, the team has other players on the roster and in the minor leagues whose talents are not horrible far from what Lee has provided thus far. Every MLB team has injuries and need to fill those lost IL roster spots. When i look over the list of players who will miss several weeks or longer across baseball it seems like the Twins are in a decent spot right now. If Correa, Buxton, Lopez, and Ryan go down the Twins will have some concerns to iron out. Let's hope the injuries stay minor and not get too worried in late March.
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    I'm not picking on your thoughts or arguments, but merely responding to the specific sentence I quoted. Never a good idea to make vast assumptions. You may be correct but there may be more than a few experts that read Twins Daily. FWIW, I'm not an expert. Sport specific weight training has been around for much more than a quarter century for every sport and for both genders. I can't believe people have such strong opinions on this topic. The steroid era was created and promoted by media, management, and money and many players went along for the ride because they have short careers to make their cash and it was legal. In baseball it is called The Selig Era. Injuries happen .... they always did. Many more players were injured in my high school years in the 60s/70s than were ever injured during my decades of coaching. I credit the dedicated sports training personnel for their work. While I myself and many of my peers were abused in the name of toughness or "be a man", I can proudly say I never abused an athlete or put winning above an individual's health. The trainers today are incredible well educated / outstanding and athletes prepare in ways they feel will be conducive to performance. Some players may over prepare, if that is a thing, but I believe it is done in an honest effort to be their best selves. Maybe a little empathy is all that we should have for an injured player instead of looking for blame. It's a bumper sticker: Sh*t Happens.
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    Winokur made the 6-3 DP look as easy as anyone could. He is quick.
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    Impressively did not swing at a slider just off the plate. Solid line drive. Spring Training - where two batters wear the same uniform number on first and third (#11 - Winokur & Gasper). Funny stuff.
  17. tony&rodney
    Hard to know if Lee will be on IL at this time. To your request, I would definitely keep Julien and Martin among the four players in the interest of winning games. Others will totally disagree with me and you should expect a wide number of choices between those four players.
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    This is fair. We should all be aware that Max Kepler gave a number of people on TD some serious cases of alarm (baseball ptsd), but Kepler was an excellent regular. If Jenkins is Kepler, that's ok. Maybe he can even be better. Prospects are of interest to a number of baseball fans. I'm a guy who follows prospects and minor league baseball. The rankings are just for fun. I don't see them as a religion. If people are not interested in the rankings or prospects they should skip those articles and posts to avoid irritation.
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    Winokur in lineup.
  20. tony&rodney
    Well put. The front office has FOMO when it comes to looking at their players. I thought Julien and even Lewis would have brought back some decent possibilities after the 2023 season. My first thought when the 2024 season ended was to trade Lee for a catcher. At this point all of Lewis, Lee, and Julien seem like keys to the 2025 season, although I don't see any of them around by 2027. The general belief in Lewis as a core player for the Twins is totally fair but I just don't see it.
  21. tony&rodney
    It would be a surprising move if the Twins suddenly began to play Keirsey Jr., one that might prove useful. Still seems very unlikely. I thought the Twins should have traded Julien after the 2023 season. He is awkward defensively and whenever the bat tilts too steep his plate appearances suffer. The Twins simply do not have good defenders right now for second base. Gasper is stationary but people love him; mustache. Lee has a bad back but is too slow for the position. Castro is erratic and gets poor reads on ground balls. I thought we might see Martin at second, the Twins don't even give him repetitions. That leaves Eddie, who is the worst fielder but has the best range of the bunch (note - Julien does not have good range). Given the recent injuries, i would like to see a Buck, Julien, Correa, Larnach, Miranda, Wallner, France, Jeffers, Castro lineup versus Sonny Gray.
  22. tony&rodney
    The calls for Keirsey Jr. are almost sure to be in vain. Brooks Lee will need to show that his back is fine or he opens on the IL. Gasper is the latest darling. He can hit and makes the plays if the ball is right to him. The pitcher's union wants him to DH only. Martin looks like he will open in St. Paul. Julien is the 2B. Lastly, the Twins are always up for surprises, meaning we are all just guessing.
  23. tony&rodney
    Is this article as close as TD comes to telling the readers that the season may depend on 2023 Julien?
  24. tony&rodney
    The Twins are built on offense. They need to air it out in order to win. Fangraphs had a funny about the Twins, "... defense is an elective course rather than a part of the core curriculum at the Minnesota Finishing School for Humongous Left-Handed Corner Sluggers."
  25. tony&rodney
    As the wonderful Anduhar once said, "the one thing you can be sure of is you never know." FWIW, ownership has absolutely no input in the roster. If you are referring to payroll, remember that the Twins have the highest payroll in their division and have spent more money than their competitors since Falvey arrived. Keep your head up.
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